Raix

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Raix
Town hall
Raix
Coordinates: 46°00′06″N 0°06′46″E / 46.0017°N 0.1128°E / 46.0017; 0.1128Coordinates: 46°00′06″N 0°06′46″E / 46.0017°N 0.1128°E / 46.0017; 0.1128
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Villefagnan
Intercommunality Pays de Villefagnan
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Joël Lassoudière
Area
 • Land1 6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 149
 • Population2 Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16273 / 16240
Elevation 89–146 m (292–479 ft)
(avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Raix is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 452—    
1800 435−3.8%
1806 418−3.9%
1821 501+19.9%
1831 432−13.8%
1841 438+1.4%
1846 480+9.6%
1851 465−3.1%
1856 433−6.9%
1861 365−15.7%
1866 382+4.7%
1872 342−10.5%
1876 349+2.0%
1881 387+10.9%
1886 369−4.7%
1891 355−3.8%
1896 309−13.0%
1901 295−4.5%
1906 287−2.7%
1911 290+1.0%
1921 256−11.7%
1926 261+2.0%
1931 245−6.1%
1936 246+0.4%
1946 219−11.0%
1954 234+6.8%
1962 188−19.7%
1968 170−9.6%
1975 171+0.6%
1982 185+8.2%
1990 152−17.8%
1999 150−1.3%
2008 149−0.7%

See also

References

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